Cequent Performance Products, Inc. v. Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation et al

Filing 75

ORDER Granting in Part Plaintiff's 70 SEALED MOTION to Compel and for In Camera Review. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CEQUENT PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS, INC.,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 13-cv-15293
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
HOPKINS MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION et al..,
Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL
AND FOR IN CAMERA REVIEW (ECF #70)
On March 3, 2017, Plaintiff Cequent Performance Products, Inc. (“Cequent”)
filed a motion to compel the production of certain documents from Defendant
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation (“Hopkins”) (the “Motion to Compel”). (See
ECF #70.) Hopkins has withheld production of these documents on the basis of the
attorney-client privilege. In the Motion to Compel, Cequent asks the Court “to
review the withheld documents in camera to determine whether they are privileged
and, if not, then order Hopkins to produce them.” (Id. at 2, ECF #70 at Pg. ID 2272.)
Hopkins opposes production of the documents and insists that the Court can
determine whether they are privileged without an in camera review. (See ECF #74.)

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The Court concludes that the best course of action is to conduct an in camera
review of the documents. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the Motion
to Compel to the extent it requests an in camera review. Hopkins shall deliver
unredacted copies of the documents identified in the Motion to Compel to the
Court’s chambers within seven (7) days of this Order. The Court will then review
the documents in camera and make a determination as to which documents, if any,
should be produced to Cequent.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: March 22, 2017
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on March 22, 2017, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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